TYPO3 up to 8.7.29/9.5.11/10.2.1 Extension Manager ZIP Archive path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 up to 8.7.29/9.5.11/10.2.1. It has been classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Extension Manager. Performing a manipulation as part of ZIP Archive results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-19848. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 up to 8.7.29/9.5.11/10.2.1 (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the component Extension Manager. The manipulation as part of a ZIP Archive leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in TYPO3 before 8.7.30, 9.x before 9.5.12, and 10.x before 10.2.2. It has been discovered that the extraction of manually uploaded ZIP archives in Extension Manager is vulnerable to directory traversal. Admin privileges are required in order to exploit this vulnerability. (In v9 LTS and later, System Maintainer privileges are also required.)

The weakness was disclosed 12/17/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-19848 since 12/17/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.7.30, 9.5.12 or 10.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-147329 and VDB-147328 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• TYPO3

Version

• 8.7.0
• 8.7.1
• 8.7.2
• 8.7.3
• 8.7.4
• 8.7.5
• 8.7.6
• 8.7.7
• 8.7.8
• 8.7.9
• 8.7.10
• 8.7.11
• 8.7.12
• 8.7.13
• 8.7.14
• 8.7.15
• 8.7.16
• 8.7.17
• 8.7.18
• 8.7.19
• 8.7.20
• 8.7.21
• 8.7.22
• 8.7.23
• 8.7.24
• 8.7.25
• 8.7.26
• 8.7.27
• 8.7.28
• 8.7.29
• 9.5.0
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.3
• 9.5.4
• 9.5.5
• 9.5.6
• 9.5.7
• 9.5.8
• 9.5.9
• 9.5.10
• 9.5.11
• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://typo3.org/

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